Creation
We jump into the story of creation today from Hebrews 11.3 and Psalm 8. It’s common to wedge the Bible’s creation stories…
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Feel Deeply, Pray Urgently, Send Powerfully
Our church mourns the loss of Harry, a wonderful 9 year old boy who was part of our church and tragically drowned…
Read moreThe Good Shepherd
John 10.11-18 is the famous passage where Jesus says he’s the Good Shepherd, the true ruler of the people of God, the…
Read moreBetter for One to Die
For Palm Sunday’s sermon, we pick up in John’s Gospel just before the Triumphal Entry: John 11.45-53. Jesus has just raised Lazarus…
Read moreThe Hope of Glory
2 Corinthians 5.16-6.2 gives us some of the most hopeful verses in scripture, but they were born out of St. Paul’s reflections…
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Baptism was commanded by Jesus in the Great Commission, but why? What does baptism have to do with the gospel? Today we…
Read moreThis Is Not the End
We’ve come to Mark 16.1-8, the abrupt end of Mark’s Gospel. So abrupt, many don’t think it’s the end at all. In…
Read moreA Storm of Fear and Anger
From Mark 4.35-41 comes the familiar story of Jesus calming the sea. Actually, before that it’s the story of Jesus asleep while…
Read moreWhy the Church Needs Our Elders
This morning Ellen Tanner joins us to explore why the church needs our elders. In a culture that lives in fear and…
Read moreNew Creation Now
This is our final sermon in the Everyday Resurrection series. What does the resurrection look like in an ordinary life? Like new creation…
Read moreThe First and Final Word
For the fourth Sunday of Easter season, we listen to John 1.1-18. Resurrection in an ordinary life looks like light shining in…
Read moreBack from the Dead
Second sermon in our series Everyday Resurrection during Easter season. Today’s text is Ezekiel 37.1-14, paired with John 20.19-23 a bit later in…
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We Are Very Bold
Peter Hough’s sermon on 1 Corinthians 15.50-58: “We Are Very Bold.”
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Peter Hough’s sermon on 1 Corinthians 15.1-23: “Of First Importance.”
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Far More Can Be Mended than You Know
Sermon on Isaiah 53 this morning was a reading from Francis Spufford’s book Unapologetic: Why, Despite Everything, Christianity Can Still Make Surprising Emotional…
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Peter Hough’s sermon on 1 Corinthians 15.19-26, 51-58: “Questions about Sin and Death.”
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Peter Hough’s sermon on 1 Corinthians 15.1-28: “We’ve Got Good News.” (Special thanks to Star Militzer for the series image.)
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King of Glory (or A Savior, Not a Celebrity)
Peter Hough’s sermon on John 12.20-33: “King of Glory (or A Savior, Not a Celebrity).”
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Anger: The Violence Within
Ashley Smiley’s sermon on Matthew 5.14-26: “Anger: The Violence Within.”
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